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Sonnet on a Higgs-Like Particle

2012-07-04

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Note: accidentally switched Charm and Strange.

The original version, wobbliness and inaccuracies and all, is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kXdSmAJeu4

We now have found a Higgs-like particle.

It is a Boson, we're 5-sigma sure.

I read about it in an article,

Along with facts a little more obscure.

Now here's the mass of our beloved boson:

125.3 gigaelectronvolts,

133 times heavier than a proton.

It's like we're seeing the universe's nuts and bolts.

The standard model's other bosons are:

Photons, gluons, W, and Z.

These make the forces found in every star,

Plus maybe gravitons for gravity.

But what gives mass to heavy things like pigs?

It is our new discovery: the Higgs

-like particle.

My personal website, which you might like: http://vihart.com